Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-18
NINETY IN THE SHADE.

A Little Cold Wave Sighted From The
 West-Expected In the East by To-
 Day-NOt Much of a DrOP, However
 Reading the Thermometer-SOme-
 thing About How to Have Correct
 Figures.
 The news that a cool wave is on its way east from Nebraska, Dakota and the Lake Superior region, where the temperature has fallen 1O' to 300, will be very welcome to residents of the Elm City. It is feared, how ever, that the cooler air will be so much ab- sorbed before it reaches New England that the change here will be only four or five degrees.
 For the past four or five days New Haven CTS have suffered extremely from the heat, and it has been hot enough for eighteen days past. The shore resorts were frequented by all who could get away from the hot city streets. All day Saturday the Savin Rock cars were crowded and the east shore was visited by hundreds. Yesterday morning people awoke from unsatisfactory sleep to find it hotter than ever and themselves suf- fering from the prickly heat, or some evil attendant upon such hot wave. There was but poor attendance at the churches, and those who went provided themselves with fans and kerchiefs. To walk on the shady
 
 to face the glare of the sun and the heat that reflected from the walls of the buildings seemed like tempting providence. Everywhere the people focked to the places where cool drinks were for sale. The soda fountains did a rushing business. The livery stables did good business at the price of worn out and abused horsefesh. Many iverymen would not let horse unless he pretty certain that the party Ee was hiring it to was not to drive far or fast East Rock Park had very quiet Sunday, but many took ride up there. Very few walked up, and in the heated term the park is practically deserted by pedestrians. All about town last even ing people were vaiply endeavoring to keep cool, and at one of the thoroughly crowded tenement sections people were to be seen stretched out on the faint patches of grass or lying on the brick walks trying to keep cool.
 "The patients at the hospital felt the heat and suffered very much," said Superinten- dent Starkweather last evening. "I've known the thermometer to register higher and still a person would not feel the heat 50 badly. It was close, very close. There were no cases of persons being overcome by the heat reported to us during the day, although it is very probable that the physicians had their hands full"
 Att p. m. it registered 86 degrees at the hospital.
 At Klock's drug store at the corner of Church and Chapel streets the thermometer at 4:30 p. m. registered S5 degrees.
 At Conway's drug store, Grand avenue, Fair Haven, at S:30 m. it stood at 90 degrees and at D. n it registered 64.
 At Hills Homestead at a. m. it stood at 86' and at 5 p. m. registered S2'.
 The Branford Point House thermometer
 At about o'clock shower cooled the atmosphere off somewhat, but it was of short duration.
 "Comparing the figures furnished by vari- ous family thermometers is my only pastime in this hot weather" says a citizen whose business keeps him in the city.
 Incidentally some people get altogether warmer than the weather in defending their mercurial stories. There is 8 great differ ence in thermometers, of course, as anybody can see by looking over showcase full of the ordinary sort, but there is more difference in the place where the thermometer hangs. To those who want to know the real temperature at any hour of the day the following hints on the exposure of thermometer to get the true reading will perhaps be of interest to your readers. The thermometer should, if possible, be five feet above the ground and at least eight inches from the post or wall to which it is attached. Under 8 lattice work is the best exposure, but failing this the outside of window fac ing the north will give good results. The in strument must be protected from the rain, but the cover should be so constructed that the free passage of air will not be obstructed. The influence of evaporation is not generally known and some instruments are suspended directly over water. The record of such an instrument is of no value. A person can see for himself how evaporation affects the tem- perature by slightly wetting the bulb of a thermometer, when it will be found that in a minute or two the mercury will drop from one to twenty degrees according to the amount of aqueous vapor in the atmosphere at the time"
 Crushed to Death.
 A twelve year old son of Brick Manufac turer Spaulding, of Danielsonville, was run